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  native Name Chalmers tekniska högskola
  motto Avancez
  established 1829
  type Private University
  city Gothenburg
  country Sweden
  undergrad 10,500
  doctoral 1,000
  staff 2,500
  president Prof Jan-Eric Sundgren
  campus Urban
  affiliations EUA
  website http://wwwchalmersse/


Chalmers University of Technology or '''Chalmers tekniska högskola''' ('''CTH'''), often '''Chalmers''', is a University in Gothenburg , Sweden .


HISTORY

Founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers , a director of the Swedish East India Company , and being run as a private institution until 1937 , when the institute became a state owned university. In 1994 the school once again became a private institution, owned by a foundation.


DEPARTMENTS



On January 1, 2005, the old schools have been replaced by new departments:

# Applied Mechanics
# Applied Physics
# Architecture
# Chemical and Biological Engineering
# Civil and Environmental Engineering
# Computer Science and Engineering
# Energy and Environment
# Fundamental Physics
# Materials and Manufacturing Technology
# Mathematical Sciences
# Microtechnology and Nanoscience
# Product and Production Development
# Radio and Space Science
# Shipping and Marine Technology
# Signals and Systems
# Technology Management and Economics

There is also a University College affilliated with the university.


STUDENTS

Approximately 40 per cent of Sweden's graduate engineers and architects were educated at Chalmers. Each year around 250 post graduate degrees are awarded as well as 850 graduate degrees. About 1 000 post-graduate students attend programmes at the university and many students are taking Master of Science engineering programmes and the Master of Architecture programme.

Master's degrees
  • Advanced Materials

  • Applied Environmental Measurement Techniques

  • Architecture

  • Automotive Engineering

  • Automotive Industrial Design Engineering

  • Automation and Mechatronics Engineering

  • Bio Engineering

  • Bioinformatics

  • Chemical Engineering

  • Chemical Engineering with Engineering Physics

  • Civil Engineering

  • Complex Adaptive Systems

  • Computer Science and Engineering

  • Dependable Computer Systems

  • Digital Communication Systems and Technology

  • Electric Power Engineering

  • Electrical Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics

  • Engineering Physics

  • Environmentally Sustainable Process Technology

  • Hardware for Wireless Communication

  • Information Engineering (Software Engineering)

  • Industrial Design Engineering

  • Industrial Ecology http://www.fy.chalmers.se/edu/imp/ie.xml

  • Industrial Engineering and Management

  • Management and Economics of Innovation

  • Management of Logistics and Transportation

  • Mechanical Engineering

  • Microsystem Integration Technology

  • Nanoscale and Technology

  • Naval ArchitectureProduction and Operations Management

  • Production and Operations Management

  • Quality Technology and Management

  • Radio Astronomy and Space Science

  • Sound and Vibration

  • Structural Engineering

  • Supply Chain Design and Management

  • Turbulence


Around 2 700 are also attending Bachelor of Science engineering programmes, merchant marine and other undergraduate courses at the Chalmers Lindholmen University College .


FACULTY



CAMPUS

In 1937 the school was moved out of the city center to the new Gibraltar Campus, named after the mansion which owned the grounds, where it now is located. The Lindholmen College Campus was created in the early 1990s and is located on the island of Hisingen .


SOCIETIES AND TRADITIONS



PEOPLE



Rectors (Presidents)

''Although the official Swedish title for the head is "rektor", the university now uses "President" as the English translation.''


















































1829-1852 Carl Palmstedt
1852-1881 Eduard Von Schoultz
1881-1913 August Wijkander
1913-1933 Hugo Grauers
1934-1943 Sven Hultin
1943-1958 Gustav Hössjer
1958-1966 Lennart Rönnmark
1966-1974 Nils Gralén
1974-1989 Sven Olving
1989-1998 Anders Sjöberg
1998-2006 Jan-Eric Sundgren
2006-? Undecided



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